Reason No. 5: Losses to Inferior Teams

Saban is one of the best, if not the best, at getting big performances when his team is the underdog. His magical speeches, chip on the shoulder mentality and clear arrogance make Saban a perfect underdog coach.

Throughout his career, though, Saban has lost, or has come close to losing, many games where his team was heavily favored. Stumbles against UAB (2000), Utah (2009), and Louisiana-Monroe (2007) all come to mind.

Utah was a legitimate national championship contender. However, UAB shouldn't have beaten LSU and Louisiana Monroe shouldn't have beaten Alabama.

I have heard Alabama fans counter with, “It was Mike Shula's fault.”

This argument is foolish.

LA-Monroe has never had more talent than the University of Alabama. With that said, do you think coaches like Urban Meyer or Mack Brown would lose to these teams?

Reason No. 1: Bowl Record

Saban has a rather pedestrian 5-6 bowl record. His teams are consistently under-prepared come December or January.

The 2009 Utah game provided a perfect example.

Alabama had more talent, they shouldn't have been manhandled like that.

As this year's national championship game got under way, Texas looked much more prepared than Alabama before the McCoy injury.

Nick Saban is a very good coach. However, until he has a winning bowl record and a long-term tenure at one college, let's stop the greatness talk.

At this point, it could be argued he is, at best, only the third greatest coach, behind Bear Bryant and Gene Stallings, to walk the sidelines at Alabama.

Saban is also known for having weak regular season out-of-conference schedules.

In the two years his teams won, or split, mythical national championships (2003 and 2009), Saban scheduled such power players as Tennessee-Chattanooga, Florida International, North Texas, LA-Monroe, Western Illinois and LA Tech.

Two question should be asked: Has he scheduled weak regular season games? And was he exposed in several bowl games?